The interesting way that Holly Trees protect themselves from deer browsing People love Holly trees (Ilex aquifolium) because they have beautiful evergreen leaves and bright red berries. This makes them a popular choice for gardening and landscaping. These trees are also known for being deer food; the deer love to nibble on the soft leaves of the lower branches. Holly trees have an interesting way of keeping hungry deer away that has evolved over time. Deer like to nibble on holly trees' leaves. To protect itself, the tree grows spiky, prickly leaves on the lower branches that the deer don't like as much. This lets the…

A dramatic picture shows Hawaii's 65-foot-tall Lava Dome for the first time in a long time.   Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano's Mauna Ulu erupted for an amazing 1,774 days, which is five years. Around 460 million cubic yards of lava were released during what was Kilauea's longest-running eruption at the time. From 1969 to 1974, the public could see the spectacular eruption from viewing platforms. It caused a number of natural events that are rarely seen during volcanic eruptions. The US Geological Survey just shared a picture of a dome waterfall that was taken in 1969 by J.B. Judd. There were twelve fountaining events during the first…

Why archaeologists don't want to open the tomb of China's first emperor Some of the things that make people afraid to open the tomb of Qin Shi Huang are bomb traps and mercury poisoning. In 1974, farmers in the Chinese province of Shaanxi found one of the most important historical sites ever. It was in a field that didn't look like much. While they were digging, they found parts of a clay figure of a person. In other words, this was just the tip of the iceberg. The field was built on top of several pits that were full of thousands of life-size terracotta figures of…

A girl walking on water seems impossible in Illusionary Balance, an anamorphic floor piece. In this day and age of social media, movies and pictures that are really interesting can spread like wildfire. A video of a girl walking on a rope stretched out over the water recently went viral on the internet. At first look, the show seems amazing, almost unreal, like it goes against the rules of physics. But when you look more closely, you'll see that it's all just a well-thought-out drawing on the floor. Come on in to the world of distorted floor art, where anything is possible. Anamorphic floor art is…

The viral video of a seagull eating a squirrel changes people's ideas about what animals eat. A seagull eating a mouse is shown in a video that was recently shared on Twitter and is going viral. Many people on the internet are confused about this unexpected meeting because seagulls usually eat marine animals, especially fish. The two-minute video shows the seagull trying over and over to swallow the squirrel whole, even as it takes off with the squirrel's tail still sticking out of its mouth. Although they like to eat fish, seagulls are known to eat many other animals, including squirrels, as the video's description points…

After a 500-kilometer walk, a group of cute Chinese elephants take a nap. At least a dozen flying drones keep an eye on them 24 hours a day. Police follow them everywhere, and millions of people watch them online while they eat or sleep. China has had a new internet sensation for more than a week: a group of 15 big, lost elephants that are causing chaos in the southwest of the country. Livestreams of the elephants have been watched by millions of people. Since they ran away from a nature reserve in South China last year, the elephants have travelled more than 500 kilometres across…